Exploiting new technology for education:: teaching signal integrity in computer science curricula

The transfer of digital signals between individual units is the main bottleneck in high speed processing devices: interconnections introduce delay, and the noise originated within the system itself may cause errors. These are referred to as "signal integrity" problems; handling them requires familiarity with the analog and high frequency domains. The paper describes the section on Signal Integrity of a CD-ROM developed for university courses and for continuing education programs, motivating the extensive use of interactive multimedia and describing the design guidelines. Some examples on specific topics included in the package are also provided. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.